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Amid continued concerns about Europe’s debt crisis, Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti – dubbed by the press as “Super Mario” – met with Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda Wednesday, who coined his own nickname after a lowly, hardworking fish: the “loach.”

The meeting, the first such high-level confab between the nations in five years, was appropriate considering the two have more in common than just a love of noodles. But can the Loach and Super Mario save the day from debts and deficits? Read More »

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